The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

Issued: 3 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is

23.4°C

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Reef today (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 8PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	N 5	NNE 5	SSE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	E 8	ESE 6	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	38	38	51	36	56	142	96	75	61	47	42	43	43	36	36	41	58	57	57	82	57	58	58
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	WNW	W	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	WNW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross
High Tide			5:24PM1.64m				5:59AM1.52m				6:05PM1.61m				6:41AM1.65m				6:42PM1.56m
Low Tide	11:03AM0.41m				11:46PM0.29m				11:57AM0.40m				00:21AM0.24m				12:46PM0.40m				00:53AM0.20m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—
	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	6:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	32	32	27	24	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	20	24	25	22	21	20	19	19	21
Feels °C	29	30	26	22	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	22	24	23	22	18	18	19	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	E 9	NNE 5
kJ	38	38	24	36	27	49	33	33	47	47	34	43	43	33	33	25	58	57	57	40	28	58	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	NE 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	SE 7	SE 7	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 12	E 9	ENE 12	E 9
kJ	17	3	35	35	34	18	12	6	6	11	7	35	35	36	36	41	4	4	4	14	57	13	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 10	SSE 9	NE 12	S 10	E 12	ENE 12	E 5	E 12
kJ	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	26	6	2	12	13	2	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 6	N 5	—	SSE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 5	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NW 3	N 5	WNW 3
kJ	—	17	51	—	56	142	96	75	61	32	42	—	—	—	—	—	26	32	50	82	3	31	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	8	0	0	0	45	45	45	45	45	159	17	2	2	0	0	2	639	25	297	2	0	0	12
Best forecast wave conditions in Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Peregian Creek	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	The Groin (Noosa)	Noosa - Johnsons	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay		Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	The Groin (Noosa)	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Kings Beach		Yaroomba Beach		Kings Beach	Twinnies	Peregian Creek	The Groin (Noosa)
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Mystics NSW - Illawarra	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Kingston Norfolk Island	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5

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